Chris Bromley – A residents view of Brass Bands

Chris, a resident of Blackpool, spoke to the tMP team in Starbucks! Chris was not aware of the Spring Festival taking place in the Winter Gardens. He was asked if we would be interest in listening to a brass band. He replied he would, “I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to one, but would not be adverse to hearing one if it was there”.

When asked what he thought the image of a brass band was, he answered “The public image is not good and is old fashioned – bands have been brought into public domain with brassed off, - is connected to our heritage.”

tMP asked what he thought we could we do to raise awareness of bands. He suggested that chart music is now becoming more diverse – and it would be an idea to try and get into the charts